Hadjoula (BMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

Also known as Hjoula, Hgula, Hajula, Hadjula, Djoula

Where: Lebanon (34.1° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° N, 30.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: P. C. Goody. 1969. The relationships of certain Upper Cretaceous teleosts with special reference to the Myctophoids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 7:1-255 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127467: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 15.05.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Sedenhorstia orientalis n. sp. Goody 1969
 Ctenothrissiformes - Aulolepidae
Pattersonichthys delicatus n. gen. n. sp. Goody 1969
 Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae
Sardinioides minimus Agassiz 1839
 Aulopiformes -
"Prionolepis cataphractus" = Aspidopleurus cataphractus
"Prionolepis cataphractus" = Aspidopleurus cataphractus Pictet and Humbert 1866
 Aulopiformes - Halecidae
 Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae